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  • 'Operation Thunderstruck;' train to fly, fight and win

    One-by-one, 10 Charleston-based C-17 took off from Charleston AFB Dec. 16 in support of exercise "Operation Thunderstruck." While Charleston AFB is no stranger to launching a large number of aircraft in a short period of time, this year's exercise is different than ones from year's past. In the

  • New C-27J Spartan training operations center opens at Robins

    A new cargo plane with short landing and takeoff capability promises to save the lives of warfighters by reducing the need for ground convoys in dangerous areas, and the pilots who will fly it will be trained here. On Dec. 9, officials from a broad coalition that includes Air Force, Army, industry

  • AMC en-route locations: As Korea moves, so does Osan's air mobility squadron

    The 731st Air Mobility Squadron has an important role to fill at Osan Air Base and nothing is going to stop these hard chargers from completing their mission. "Our squadron never sleeps," said Col. David "JC" Penny, 731st AMS commander. "We execute hundreds of real-world missions every day and we

  • AMC contingency response Airmen build future Afghan pilot training base

    Airmen deployed from the 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis AFB, Calif., made a profound difference in Shindand, Afghanistan, by restoring an airfield, which will eventually become the home of the Afghan National Army Air Corps undergraduate pilot training.As contingency response Airmen

  • For legal officer, there's 'no such thing as a traditional deployment'

    Long gone are the days of the "traditional" Air Force deployment. The increase of troops into the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility is also increasing the non-traditional roles filled by Airmen in combat, straight into the Air Force's "all in" philosophy. Capt. Maureen Wood, a legal

  • 615th CRW snipers participate in joint competition

    A two-man security forces team assigned to the 615th Contingency Response Wing recently took part in a week-long interservice sniper competition hosted by the Army National Guard at Fort Chaffee, Ark. The event, which is in it's second year, is held to inspire camaraderie among military sniper

  • Main Afghanistan threat remains in south, east, Admiral Mullen says

    Many of the extra 30,000 U.S. forces deployed to Afghanistan in the coming months will confront continued enemy threats in the country's southern and eastern regions, the U.S. military's senior officer told Capitol Hill legislators here Dec. 3. The principal threat to U.S., coalition and Afghan